subterfugium
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From subterfugiō + -ium.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /sub.terˈfu.ɡi.um/, [s̠ʊpt̪ɛrˈfʊɡiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sub.terˈfu.d͡ʒi.um/, [subt̪erˈfuːd͡ʒium]
Noun
[edit]subterfugium n (genitive subterfugiī or subterfugī); second declension
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | subterfugium | subterfugia |
Genitive | subterfugiī subterfugī1 |
subterfugiōrum |
Dative | subterfugiō | subterfugiīs |
Accusative | subterfugium | subterfugia |
Ablative | subterfugiō | subterfugiīs |
Vocative | subterfugium | subterfugia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
[edit]- → Ido: subterfujo
- → Italian: sotterfugio m
- → Middle French: subterfuge m
- French: subterfuge m
- → English: subterfuge
- → Old Occitan:
- Occitan: subterfugi m
- Catalan: subterfugi m
- → Spanish: subterfugio m
References
[edit]- subterfugium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “subterfugium”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
- “subterfugium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press